The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-05-11
HOME AND FARM.

Try buttermilk for the removal Of
tan and walnut stains and freckles.
Its a mooted question whether
surplus comb honey or extracted pays
the best.
Sand should not be plowed until il
i. dry enough to crumble as the pillow
goes through it.
There is farm one hundred miles
long and one hundred miles wide in
Louisiana. 1t cost $4,000 to fence it.
Oats are the best grain for colts
which need to have something to build
up and strengthen the bony frame
work.
1t is said that sharp saw used on
small bundles of cornstalks is a con.
venient mode of cutting them into
short lengths.
in sunny Italy they have this
proverb, worthy of general adoption:
Where the sun does not come in the
doctor does. IN ?. Tribune.
DO not use fertilizers too lavishly
on potted plants. A small quantity
applied frequently is better than full
allowance at one time. So Louis Re-
publican.
1t is remarked that the agriculture
of all countries which produce large
numbers of live stock is in flourish
ing condition. They are rather buyers
than sellers of forage grain.
Sausage: To fifty pounds meat,
twelve ounces SALT four of ground
black pepper, two of fine sage, and
two of saltpetre. The sausage is bet.
ter to be one-half beef.-Toledo Blade.
Creamery butter is worked by be-
ing passed under the roller and pressed
with sponge covered with fine mus.
lin. The butter passes under the roll
Ter about fifteen times, being turned
and pressed each time.-Lhicago Jour.
ual.
-Vick says spot for pansies should
be selected where it is little shady,
at least in the middle of the day. a
place entirely shady is not desirable.
A light soil made rich with well-rotted
stable manure is proper place for
them. Chicago Tribune.
Cranberry Pudding: Cranberry
pudding is made by pouring boiling
water on pint of bread crumbs; melt |
a tablespoonful of butter and stir in.
When the bread is softened add two
eggs and beat thoroughly with the
bread. Then put in pint of the stewed
fruit and sweeten to your taste. Bake
in hot oven for half an hour. -1Moth-
er's Magazine.
Soft Corn Bread: A heaping pint
of good, fresh corn-meal, piece of lard
size of small egg, half teaspoonful Of
soda, buttermilk to make thick batter,
one teaspoonful of sugar, salt to taste;
beat two eggs till very light; stir into
the batter. Then from a boiling tea.
kettle pour in water till batter is very
thin. Bake in earthenware and serve
in same dish with spoon. --Boston
Budget.
e. w. Stewart says, in the North
eastern Homestead, that all the food
elements of skim-milk are digestible.
Its ninety per cent. of water is no more
than is contained in several kinds Of
roots, and tits more valuable for weight
han any species of turnip or root, as
it has quite three times as much albu.
ninoid food as most of these, or nearly
;hree times as much as the richest Of
Ill roots-parsnips.
About six million pounds OF
'vaporated apples are now annually
exported from this country to Europe.
The fruit is sliced by machinery into !
pieces about one-sixteenth of an inch
hick, and then exposed to the fumes
# sulphur instead of drying in the
un. After drying the fruit is nearly
IS white as when first sliced, and sells
eadiiy in the European markets at
fifteen cents per pound, bushel Of
pples making about six pounds.